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Daniel Hejl

Critic · DISC type C
Co-Founder at Productboard
📍 San Francisco, California, United States

Daniel Hejl is the Co-Founder and CTO of Productboard, a customer-centric product management platform valued at over $1. 75 billion. With a background in software engineering and holding Oracle Java certifications, he is a graduate of the Prague University of Economics and Business and has led his company to be named the best startup in the Czech Republic.

Before founding his company, Daniel was an avid participant in hackathons, which is how he met his co-founder. He prioritizes a balanced life, focusing on goals across family, health, and self-fulfillment, believing that work should not come at the expense of other areas.

He connected with his co-founder after responding to a Facebook post where his partner was supposedly looking for a CTO for a friend.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
San Francisco, California, United States
Personality Overview

How Daniel shows up

Critic
Information Seeker
Negotiator

Unless the value is proven by data, they are unlikely to value fancy features. They prefer to do logical analysis and value evidence over emotions. It is very likely that they will negotiate pricing or other important terms.

Priorities

Topics Daniel cares about

AI in Product Management
He recently stated Productboard has transformed into an "AI-first" company, with 40% of his team now working directly on artificial intelligence initiatives.
Customer-Centric Products
He was motivated to start Productboard to solve his frustration as a developer building features and products that customers didn't actually need or use.
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Career

Work history

10-2025
Co-Founder
Productboard
2-2014
Co-Founder & CTO
Productboard
5-2013 - 1-2014
Senior Software Engineer
Trumaker
2-2011 - 4-2013
Senior Software Engineer / Team Leader / Product Manager
TopMonks
8-2011 - 12-2011
Senior Software Engineer
ICZ
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Education
Ing.
Prague University of Economics and Business
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

C

Calculativeness (C)

Calculativeness (C) reflects the degree to which a person is likely to be cautious, systematic and analytical. Those scoring high tend to emphasise quality and accuracy.

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